daydreamer. .poetry..abstract painter ..stroke and cancer survivor.. mourning my husband and daughter 💔poems and images ©️Elle Justine
at a beach somewhere
Joined June 2012
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Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
This ache
at the end of September
sleeps deep in the wood-fire
with new snow on the mountains
the barman's torn your page
from his Bible
and it's been how long since she’s called?
now the wild geese depart
for the lure of the wind
crying, “Sorry, I’ve met someone”
#vss365
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Flames are candid.
Their truth is tangible. Their aura, warm.
It is why we build bonfires
on cool summer nights.
All of you gather around the pit.
The scolded child whimpers on your lap.
His face is taut with dry tears.
His lips tremble a nervous laugh.
Your younger self eyes you in reproach
for dreams you foundered on paper rafts,
and that summer garden
you would always promise but never plant.
Your future elders are also there.
Their eyes are blurred from the rubber
of many false starts.
Yet they smile a glinting nimbus
against dark skies.
They are here, willing and raw
from scrapes of possibility.
One by one they hold you.
Their embrace is soft around your fears.
Their words are balmy against your temples.
They lift your withered child
high above the sparks,
higher yet above regret.
#vss365 My photo
"Bonfire" published in Masticadores, USA, and "Palette: Love Poems and Painted Words"
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
I walked with you in the dark and now I am by your side in the daylight.
-J.Wool
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She tattooed forbidden words onto his corpse. At midnight, the ink began to move. By dawn, her skin bore one final message:
YOU'RE NEXT.
#MyDarkScribbles🖊
#vsshorror
🎨 by @13thWordSmith
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
"Where else would I do it? They pay me to sit here. Nobody listens to the pianist." #excerpt
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
Strictly business, it was never supposed to get personal, but he was smitten with her. He paced nervously as she put on the kettle. He was going to tell her how he felt over a cup of tea, hopefully she would not throw it at him! #BraveWrite² #WriteMap #Vss365
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
Naked
She is
And there
Beneath her skin
A universe endures
Stars wink
The moon shimmers
And
Upon her ocean it glows
Watchful
As
Darkness becomes
Dawn
And her sun
Awakens
Warming her with love
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
One of life’s quietest miracles is discovering that the person you become after heartbreak can be more beautiful than the person who was never broken……
#Dylandapoet
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Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
Perhaps the purest kindness
is giving someone the gentleness
you spent your childhood
waiting to receive
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
Arth, we come together as a cohort of storytellers, weaving together poems, stories, &snippets of life.
Each of us brings a unique story, shaped by our own experiences. Yet, somewhere, you may discover a reflection of your own life.
Do join us on the 23rd at NGMA
Elle Justine🥀 retweeted
The question dropped into the room like a coin into a well, and I listened for the bottom of it, and understood something all at once. If they had Lotte, he would not have needed me. #excerpt
